How can rigorous forms of testing be supported in a way that is both compatible
with the visual aspect of visual programming languages, and usable by the
audiences using those languages - even when the audience has no background
in software engineering? Visual programs are likely to contain at least some
errors, and supporting a visual form of testing would give users a way to spot
those errors early in the program's life. In previous work, we have developed
a visual testing methodology known as WYSIWYT, for use in visual spreadsheet
languages, and in this work, we show formally that this methodology can
be generalized to screen transition diagrams. The algorithms and accompanying
proof of the coverage equivalence that they ensure provide the mechanisms
needed for the screen transition paradigm to incorporate WYSIWYT testing
for both professional and end-user programming audiences. / Graduation date: 2004 / Best scan available for figures. Original is blurry.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ORGSU/oai:ir.library.oregonstate.edu:1957/32493 |
| Date | 13 May 2003 |
| Creators | Brown, Darren |
| Contributors | Rothermel, Gregg, Burnett, Margaret M. |
| Source Sets | Oregon State University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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